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Ideal Home magazine, April 1947 - cover by Yolande Friend

A scene of idealistic living amidst the general gloom of post-war Austerity Britain. The magazine is...

Uploaded on May 16, 2012

"No need to wait - the best is here!" - advert issued by Vactric, 1947

Although Vactric are noted as being of 'Regent St' in London, their works were in fact in north...

Uploaded on May 16, 2012

Street plan of city centre north, Leeds, West Yorkshire, c1938/39

A section from a 1938/39 street plan of the city centre and north of Leeds - the map shows the...

Uploaded on May 14, 2012 | Map

London Underground S8 car 21114 at Derby Works, May 2012

Apologies for the earlier erroneous posting of this as an S7 (the Circle, District and H&C...

Uploaded on May 13, 2012

Guide to the English Lake District, c1936

A rather 'Batsford' evocation of the Lakes - annoyingly with no artist shown.

Uploaded on May 12, 2012

London Underground S-7 car 22308 at Bombardier, Derby - May 2012 [correct image]

One of the first of the S-7 variant of the S-stock designed to run on the Circle, District and...

Uploaded on May 9, 2012

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Carter, Paterson parcels 'calling card' - September 1933

This card would once have been a familiar part of many peoples lives as it would have been hung int...

Uploaded on May 3, 2012

"For the kitchen beautiful - 'Tala' Kitchen ware, advert, 1947

The blue gingham pattern on the advert has long been associated with 'Tala' and indeed, the brand is...

Uploaded on May 3, 2012

Sebel Products "Stak-a-bye" tubular steel furniture - "Great in the great outdoors" says Two-Ton Tessie O'Shea - advert, 1947

Life in the 1940s was different - indeed in 1947 few people here in the UK would have been...

Uploaded on May 1, 2012

Actiphos fortifie - French pharmacutical advert, c1937

As the advert card says - a poor figure of papier mache - and the card is cleverly stamped in relief...

Uploaded on Apr 30, 2012

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Porth Neigwl, Llyn - Hells Mouth, Llyn, North Wales - panorama of a stormy day, June 2011

Hardly a summers day - but a striking view of the bay at Porth Neigwl from Rhiw.

Uploaded on Apr 30, 2012

"Birds-eye view" plan of the New Mersey Tunnel, 1934 - drawn by Frank Rimmington

A fine sketch plan of the then 'new' Mersey Tunnel as seen in a 1934 booklet issued as part of the...

Uploaded on Apr 30, 2012 | Map

Royal Hotel, Scarborough, Yorkshire - brochure cover c1955 - illustrated and designed by Laurence Scarfe

The Royal Hotel in Scarborough unusually developed a very high standard of publicity during...

Uploaded on Apr 30, 2012 | Map

All about the new Mersey Tunnel - booklet issued for the opening, 1934

A booklet issued to commemorate the opening of the 'wonder of the world' - the Mersey Tunnel between Liverpool and Birkenhead in 1934.

Uploaded on Apr 29, 2012

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Crosse & Blackwell - "dinner is served", advert issued 1923

Crosse and Blackwell are still around as a tradename but the original London based company is long...

Uploaded on Apr 29, 2012

Woodward's Gripe Water - 1923 advert illustrated by Lillian Hocknell

Good old Woodward's I say - a staple of my childhood! They reckon that the mixture of various...

Uploaded on Apr 29, 2012